Irihata: On the other hand... they seem to have added a "normal quick strike" to their repertoire, though it's still a work in progress...Irihata: An even clumsier "selection of the ball's course" than before...下手くそな"コースの打ち分け"までしよる...Irihata: Could they have had a significant enough practice match to warrant it in this short span of time...?

Irihata: Understanding the weapons at their disposal,Irihata: adding to them, Irihata: and attacking with the best one for each game...

(on shirt) Datekougyou

[p003]

Irihata: ...the "wisdom" gained by an unsteady teamIrihata: that has relied on brute strength in all manner of situations, huh.

Player: Haah...Player: Karasuno's... nothing like the rumors...Scoreboard, right side: TokonamiScoreboard, left side: KarasunoBox:Tokonami High School2nd time out of the 2nd set

Boy: How the heck are they "fallen champions"...(small text) They're not fallen at all.Boy: They're on a completely different level...

(above players) Silence...

(Daichi): "When you stand on either side of the net, things like rank, grade and class become irrelevant!"

Jiri: --If you don't go into it intending to win,Jiri: you'll never be able to.

[p004]

Jiri: Ahh!!

(Jiri): What did I just say?!Jiri: Er, that's...Jiri: just now wasJiri: my friend's...(Jiri): Uwaah! What am I saying, I've got no persuasive power at all! I'm such an idiot! Aghhh... I completely slipped up...

(Jiri): UwaahPlayer: Hey, that's right.

Boy: You really said something good, Ikejiri. How unusual.Boy: Volleyball doesn't have any time limit, so if we can hang in there, maybe we'll have a chance to win...?Boy: The other side's had some great misses, too.

Komaki: Alright!Komaki: Weaklings or no, this is the time to stand strong!

Michi: It's okay, don't worry about it.Michi: You almost had it!(center)Karasuno High School 3rd yearVolleyball clubGirls' captainMichimiya Yui

Girl: You... would have been able to keep it in play...Michi: Eh...

Girl: Sorry...! I...!Girl: I just keep messing up...!!

Michi: Save the self-reflection for after the match!(sfx) Grab

Michi: It's not over yet.

Michi: We're still in this.

[p007]

Players: Alriiiiight!!

sfx bubble: FlipScoreboard, right side: TokonamiScoreboard, left side: KarasunoPlayer: Wait, aren't we getting way too happy over a single point?!Player: What's wrong with it! Torrents start from just a drop of water, y'know!

(Jiri): Karasuno has more than enough of a lead for a match point...(Jiri): From their perspective, our 1 point isn't of any importance.

Girl: B-but...Girl: I keptGirl: getting targetted with servesGirl: and they scored so many points off meee...

Michi: Keeping the ball in play is what volleyball's all about!Michi: Our opponent just happened to be better at it! That's why we lost!Michi: It's not a matter of it being someone's faultMichi: or anything!

Girl: Captain! Sensei's calling you!Michi: Okay!Michi: I'm going to head out for a bit, alright?!

Girl: ...Michimiya-senpai's really amazing... She practiced the most of anyone... I figured she'd be the most upset over this, and yet...

Girl: ...you've got it wrong.

Girl: She'll continue to act like a "captain" in front of us,

Girl: but once she's alone,Girl: she'll turn away

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Girl: and cry.

(Jiri sfx) Spaced out

Jiri: ...I gave it everything I had...Jiri: And so...Jiri: I didn't impede myself at all...

(Jiri): The day after

(Jiri): I watched a match on TV, I declared only half-seriously(Jiri): that "I'd become a representative of Japan someday!!"...

[p013]

(Jiri): I put in the effort, tried imitating the players,(left of Jiri) Serve!!(right of teammate) That's not gonna work~(Jiri): and the tension died down as it became a simple matter of muscle training.そのくせ地味は筋トレになった途端にテンション下がったりして

(Jiri): So now it's over, huh.(Jiri): That was fast.(Jiri): I mean, it's only June.

(Jiri/Michi): Back then,(Jiri/Michi): if I'd just(Jiri/Michi): worked a little harder,

(Jiri): if I'd just put in more effort(Jiri): in muscle training and running,

(Michi): if I had acted(Michi): more like a captain,

(Jiri): if I could have been more frantic(Jiri): at making that receive,

(Michi): if I could have(Michi): moved my feet just one step further,

(Jiri/Michi): then I'd have been able to play volleyball just a little bit longer.

[p014]

Jiri: Sawamura!!

Daichi: Ikejiri?sfx bubble: Haahsfx bubble: Haah

Jiri: Win!!Jiri: Win a ton of games!!(Jiri): Ahh. I don't want to say it... that sort of

(Jiri): "line" is kinda lame and sounds cliché,(Jiri): and it might put a damper on things, but...

(Jiri): Even so,(Jiri): I have to say it.

Jiri: Win...!Jiri: In ourJiri: stead!!!

[p015]

Daichi: You got it.Daichi: We'll carry your will.

(Jiri): There might be

(Jiri): tens of thousands of people across the country(Jiri): whose "club activities" have ended all too soon like this.

(Jiri): Win all preliminary matches and advance to the nationals.

(Jiri): If this were fiction, those going to the nationals would be the main characters,(Jiri): and the rest of us would be like extras.

(Jiri): But even so,

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(Jiri): We did it, too.

(Jiri): We

(Jiri): played volleyball.

[p018]

Komaki: Final words!!

Players: Thank you for the game!!

(bottom left panel)onami 4Karasuno 5Datekou

[p019]

Daichi: About half of these... 23 of these 55 teams ended their journey in the first round.

Box: Karasuno High SchoolVSDatekougyou(left) Onward, to the decisive 2nd round!!!

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Notes:

[page 9]Quit spacing out, you space case - This is some cute wordplay of a sort. Kageyama says ボケッとしてんなボケ (boketto shitenna boke). ボケッとする (boketto suru) is a verb meaning "to space out", and ボケ (boke) by itself means moron/idiot. I opted to use "space case" to keep the feel of the original Japanese text.